A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Unique identifier: ci38456375. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38456375. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:15:39 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 00:15:39 / July 6, 2019 @ 12:15 am. Exact location of event, depth 2.91 km, -117.6025009° West, 35.7733345° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.91 km (2 miles).
Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km W of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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